Casement-window weather strip



vMarch 15, 1927.

l. W. FISHER CASEMENT WINDOW WEATHER STRIP Patented Mar. 15, 1927; V I if V V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

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Application filed December 31 1924. Serial No. 759418,

The primary object of this invention is close the ends ofthe rabbet 4, said plates the securance of aclose joint between the being let into the sides of the sash so as to sash and frame of a casement window so as come flush therewith as indicated most clear- 45 to exclude air, dust, and moisture. 4 ly in Figure 3. -A rod 7 is located within 5 Other objects and advantages will be apthe rabbet 4 and is journaled in the plates 5 parent and suggest themselves as the naand 6 and one end is extended to provide an ture of the invention is understood. arm 8, the outer end of which is bent later- WVhile the drawings illustrate an emally into a grip at 9 to extend across a pro 50 bodiment of the invention it is to be underjeoting port-ion lO of the plate 5 to coact 10 stood that in adapting the same to meet diftherewith to hold the rod in the required ferent conditions and requirements, various adjusted position when the weather stripis changes in the form, proportion andminor closed, A strip 11 is attached at one edge details of construction may be resorted to to the rod 7 and'is transversely curved and 5 without departing from the nature of the, when closed engages over the outer edge of 15 invention. 7 e a j the sill or ledge 3-as indicated most clearly Referring to the accompanying drawings in Figure 2.

forming a part of the specification, When it is desired to open the sash 2,

Figure 1 is a front View of a casement the arm 8 is operated to swing the strip 11 7 window provided with a weather strip eminto open position as indicated by the dotted 20 bodying the invention, lines in-Figure 2 so as to clear the sill or Figure 2 is a sectional viewon the lin ledge 8and when the sash 2 is closed the 22 of Figure 1, V y grip 9 is operated to move the strip 11 so as s Figure 3 is a detail view showing the to engage over the outer'edge of the sill or sash swung intoopen position, ledge 3 thereby formingla close joint to ex- 25 Figures 4 and 5 are detail views showing elude air, dust and moisture.

the mountings at opposite sides of the sash VVhat is claimed is I I Y in which the weather strip is. journaled, and In a casement window, a sash having a Figure 6 is a detail view of a portion of rabbet at the lower portion of its outer face,

a the sash as seen from the lower edge. plates'at opp i sides of the sash clo ng 3 Corresponding and like parts are referred the ends of said rabbet, a rod journaled in to in the following description and desigsaid plates, .a weather strip on the rod to nated in the several views of, the drawings extend below the sash andvengage over the i by like reference characters. 7 outer edge of the sill of the window, an arm The numeral 1 designates the frame, and integral with one" end of the rod having a 35 2the sash of a casement window, the frame; grip parallel to the major portion of said V being provided with a sill or ledge 3 upon rod and also integral with the rod, said grip V which the sash 2 closes. In accordance with being disposed in the rear ofthe sash, and the invention, the lower portion of thesash one of the plates having a portion extending 2' is rabbeted upon the outer side as indi to the rear of;the sash to ooact with said oated at 4, said 'rabbet extending, the full grip.

width of the sash. Plates 5 and .6 are at- 'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. tached to opposite sides of the sash 2 and v p j ISAAC FISHER- 

